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Kinky Boots

5 star rating

July 8 - 12, 2025

Dazzling, fabulously sassy and uplifting'

Why See Kinky Boots?

Starring johannes radebe and dan partridge.

Making dancing, twirling and somersaulting in heels look easy since it sashayed into London's Adelphi Theatre in 2013, Cindy Lauper and Harvey Fierstein's musical has taken the world by storm with its message of acceptance, a cracking pop-filled score and a dizzying amount of fabulousness. Garnering six Tony and three Olivier awards, let your hair down and step on down for this new tour starring Strictly Come Dancing sensation Johannes Radebe and Grease's Dan Partridge.

What's the story?

Set in Northampton, London-bound Charlie Price is surprised to suddenly inherit his beloved father's shoe factory and even more surprised to find that handmade men's dress shoes are no longer quite as in vogue as they used to be. Facing closure, a dejected Charlie chances upon Lola, the charismatic, brassy and fabulous drag queen and finds himself forming an unlikely business partnership, creating custom shoes for drag queens, which will change their lives forever...

Did you know?

Kinky Boots is based on the 2005 film starring Joel Edgerton and Chiwetel Ejiofor but that in turn was based on the true story of family-run shoe factory W.J. Brooks Ltd that fought to save their business by creating fetish footwear for men under the name 'Divine Footwear'.

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Opening night: 8 July 2025

You may be required to wear a mask during this performance. Please contact the venue directly for more information.

Cast and Creative

Johannes Radebe as Lola Dan Partridge as Charlie Price

Book by Harvey Fierstein Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper Directed by Nikolai Foster

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I saw more foot stomping and cheers in the first act that I've ever seen in a theatre!

The latest in a slew of brit-coms turned musicals comes to town in glorious, high-kicking style. Kinky Boots is a laugh-a-minute celebration of individuality served with huge helpings of sassiness, tenderness and breathtaking musicality ...

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Fall HEAD OVER HEELS for this all NEW PRODUCTION!

Producers ROYO and Curve are delighted to announce a brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical  KINKY BOOTS  The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.

The Broadway and West End phenomenon,  Kinky Boots The Musical , is strutting out in a brand-new production starring Strictly Come Dancing’s  Johannes Radebe  and rising star  Dan Partridge ! 

This joy-filled sensation, based on a true story and hit movie, features Tony® and Grammy® winning music and lyrics by pop icon  Cyndi Lauper , a hilarious and life-affirming book by Tony Award winner  Harvey Fierstein  and is directed by  Nikolai Foster  ( Grease  and  An Officer and a Gentleman ).

Cyndi Lauper  said  “Kinky Boots is one of the things I’m proudest of in my career, and I’m so excited that audiences will get to see it again, in a new production. It’s like a happy pill – and we could all use some of that right now! I can’t think of a better time or place to relaunch this special show in its place of origin.”

Harvey Fierstein  added  “ An all new production is a thrilling event in the life of a well-loved show. And to have that rebirth occur in the place of its origin makes it all a billion times more exciting. I can’t wait to welcome KINKY BOOTS home.”

Curve’s Chief Executive  Chris Stafford  and Artistic Director  Nikolai Foster  added:

“We all know Johannes for his extraordinary artistry on the dance floor, but seeing him inhabit the astonishing world of Lola in Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s proud, punchy and passionate KINKY BOOTS has been an electrifying and profoundly moving experience.

“Johannes is joined by Curve regular, the magnificent Dan Partridge, as Charlie Price and a world class creative team, led by designer Robert Jones and choreographer Leah Hill.

“We are beyond thrilled to have the opportunity to create a brand-new KINKY BOOTS at Curve, alongside our terrific co-producers at ROYO, returning the story to its native Midlands and manufacturing heartland of Leicester, where our theatre proudly stands today. This is a story of British industrial heritage, told through Fierstein’s fiercely intelligent words, and Lauper’s explosive songs, in a truly joyful musical about overcoming adversity, celebrating individuality, the power of a good pair of heels and community spirit.

“We can’t wait to share this explosion of joy with audiences next year.”

WHAT IS KINKY BOOTS THE MUSICAL ABOUT?

After inheriting his family's failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.

Guaranteed to  Raise You Up  and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss  Kinky Boots The Musical . 

KINKY BOOTS CAST & CREATIVE - UK TOUR

Starring Strictly Come Dancing's   Johannes Radebe as ‘Lola'   and Dan Patridge   as ‘Charlie Price'

Johannes Radebe is 'Lola' for KINKY BOOTS The Musical (c) Ollie Rosser

Further casting to be announced. 

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  • Wolverhampton

FINAL PERFORMANCE NOVEMBER 20

The Boots Are Back!

Kinky Boots

NOW PLAYING AT STAGE 42

Everybody say yeah.

EVERYBODY SAY YEAH! HIGH-HEELED HIT IS BACK IN NEW YORK. --> KINKY BOOTS has inspired audiences across the globe, showing everyone we can change the world when we change our minds. This uplifting sensation features a Tony ® and Grammy ® -winning score by Cyndi Lauper , a book by Tony winner Harvey Fierstein , and direction and choreography by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell . Filled with glitter, glam and a whole lot of sole, KINKY BOOTS is a reminder to CELEBRATE YOUR LIFE TRIUMPHANTLY!

PEEK INTO THE LAND OF LOLA

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Kinky Boots

Performed from thu 1 — sat 24 sep.

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Artwork for Kinky Boots. The inside of shoe making warehouse, with bricked walls. There is a production line with brown suede brogue-style shoes being made. However at the end of the line is a bright pink sparkly pair of knee-high boots. To the right of these is a window with a man and a woman looking in, shocked. On the left of the artwork is text which from top to bottom reads "Kinky Boots The Musical. Book by Harvey Fierstein, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. Original Broadway production directed and choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth. Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International 1-24 Sept 2022 wolseytheatre.co.uk

A New Wolsey Theatre and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch production A huge-hearted hit of a musical! Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited a struggling shoe business from his ‎dad, which he's desperate to save. He unexpectedly bumps into a larger than life drag queen Lola, who's looking for some sturdy stilettos. They think they've nothing in common, but as the unlikely pair ruffle a few feathers, designing some fabulous footwear for the factory floor, perhaps they do... A regional premiere new production from the producers behind 'Made in Dagenham,' 'The Ladykillers' and 'Once.' Book by Harvey Fierstein Music and Lyrics by Cyndi Lauper Original Broadway Production Directed and Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell Based on the Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots Written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International

Cast & Creatives

Jay anderson (he/him) — angel.

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Jay, originally from New York/Washington D.C., known as a triple threat, has performed all over the world. As a young vocalist, he competed on Next Big Star , (with Ed McMahon) where he reached the semi-finals.

Jay received a full scholarship to train with St. Marys Ballet (Vaganova Method) and George Mason University (Modern - Graham - Horton). He has toured and choreographed for numerous Ballet/Contemporary Companies in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia. Jay spent several years as cast manager/singer - dancer for Carnival Cruise Line. Since arriving in the U.K., he has been very fortunate to perform in several projects, commercials, shows, and concerts throughout the U.K. and Wales.

Will Arundell (he/him) — Harry/Bailey/MD

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Will is an Alumni of the Guildford School of Acting (BA Musical Theatre) and the Royal Northern College of Music (School of Opera and Vocal Studies).

Theatre: Ensemble in A Christmas Carol (Dominion Theatre), Jason in Ordinary Days (Streaming - TheatreCafe), Ensemble/Cover Pirelli/Beadle/Anthony in Sweeney Todd (English Theatre Frankfurt/Deutches Theatre Munchen), Frank Russel in Queen of the Mist (Charing Cross), Macheath in The Beggars Opera (Queens Theatre, Barnstaple), Colloredo in Mozart! (Catalyst Festival), Mr Mustard in The Factory of Broken Dreams (Norwich Puppet Theatre), Man 2 in The World Goes Round (MAC Belfast), Simon Stride/Cover Jekyll & Hyde in Jekyll and Hyde (English Theatre Frankfurt), Kessel in Mack and Mabel (Hackney Empire), Ensemble in Candide (Cadogan Hall), Ensemble in Honeymoon in Vegas (London Palladium), Henrik in A Little Night Music (Frinton Rep), Barry St. Edmunds in Robin Good (Norwich Playhouse) & Ray The Blade in Les Enfant Terribles' The Vaudevillains (Various).

TV: Christopher O Kroley in The Killer Beside Me (Discovery ID)

Recordings: Ensemble in The Zoological Society , Ares in Pandora , Reason in Elysium , Milton in The Devil's Advocate , Frank Russel in Queen of the Mist , Pools by Jim Perkins.

Matt Corner (he/him) — Charlie Price

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Theatre includes: The Last Ship (US Tour); Warhol (Workshop – Trevor Nunn); Fiddler on the Roof (Menier Chocolate Factory); Back to the Future (Workshop – Universal Theatrical); Zelda (Workshop – The Other Palace); The Last Ship (Northern Stage/National Tour); Jersey Boys (Piccadilly Theatre & National Tour); High Society (National Tour); A Day at the Races , A Night at the Opera (Russell Labey).

Film includes: You Are a Musical Star , Les Misérables .

Aruhan Galieva (she/her) — Lauren

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Aruhan Galieva (She/Her) is an actor, singer, comedian and writer.

She has just won the 2022 Luke Rollason Memorial Bursary Award for Emerging Alternative Comedians.

Film credits include: Doctor Who (BBC); Black Mirror (C4/Netflix); The Emily Atack Show (ITV); BAFTA Award Winning GLASGOW GIRLS ; Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina ; Doctors (BBC); Whitechapel (ITV).

Theatre credits include: GIN CRAZE! (Royal & Derngate); My Cousin Rachel (Theatre Royal Bath) Twelfth Night (Southwark Playhouse); Comedy Of Errors (RSC); Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare’s Globe); Two Gentlemen of Verona (Shakespeare’s Globe); Bakkhai (Almeida Theatre); King John (Shakespeare’s Globe);

As a singer she has performed as Vocal Soloist at venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Carnegie Hall (NY), Tokyo City Opera Hall, and has headlined at the Royal Festival Hall and Midem Festival (Cannes).

Keanu Adolphus Johnson (he/him) — Lola

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Keanu graduated from the 3yr BA (Hons) Acting Course at Italia Conti.

Credits whilst training include the leading role of ‘Ira Aldridge’ in Red Velvet , The Laramie Project & Herons .

He made his professional debut as ‘Smudger’ in Never Lost At Home (New Wolsey Theatre) and then went on to play ‘Alex Fitzwarren’ in Dick Whittington (Above the Stag Theatre).

He is honoured to be playing ‘Lola’ in this production of Kinky Boots .

Josephine Lloyd-Welcome (she/her) — Georgie

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Theatre credits include: Marquise de Merteuil in Quartet Blowfish ; The Queen in The BFG (Derby Live); Aunty Gita in Bollywood Baraat (The Nutfield Theatre); Grandmother in Ma Vie en Rose (Young Vic/Birmingham Rep); Muriel the Goat in Animal Farm (Derby Playhouse); Aladdin’s mother in Arabian Nights (Derby Playhouse); Medusa in Dazzling Medusa (Polka Theatre Company); Nurse/Nanny in Lear’s Daughters (Yellow Earth/Soho Theatre); Grandmother in My Dad’s Corner Shop (Derby Playhouse); Madhu in Hirja (West Yorkshire Playhouse); Consuelo in The Disputation (New End Hampstead); Rosemary in Independence Day (Oval House Theatre); Shirley/Kaiky in Oh Sweet Sita (Tara Arts/Oval House/Torono, Ontario); Noumahal in Aureng-Zebe (RNT Studio/Northern Broadsides); Beatrice Rasponi in The Servant of Two Masters (Warehouse Theatre, Croydon); Dulie Gret/Joyce Louise in Top Girls (Theatre Royal Northampton); Kirsten in Gasping (Theatre Royal, Northampton), Mme Jourdain/Dorimene in Le Boureguis Gentilhomme (TARA Arts at RNT and tour); Mother/Roc Bird in Wicked, Yaar! (RNT); Clara in The House of Spirits (WYP/Shaw/Tramway Glasgow); The Neighbour in Blood Wedding (RNT and Tour); Ruthie in A Jewish Western (Traverse Theatre Edinburgh); Sylvie in The Odd Couple (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Merfeuil in Quartet (Royal Lyceum Theatre); Ensemble in Hamlet (Machine Royal Lyceum Theatre); Frau Death in Mein Kampf (Traverse/Riverside/Newcastle); Leone in Struggle of the Black Man and the Dogs  (Gate Theatre London); Boudicca in Boudicca’s Victory (Riverside Studios); Olivia in Twelfth Night (Theatre Royal Stratford East); The Actress in Comedy Without Title (Young Vic); Alessia in Obscene Fables (Young Vic); Mariana in Mariana Pineda (Oval House Theatre); Banoo/Yasmin in Borderline (Nuffield Theatre Southampton); Snake Charmer in Rakshasa Ring (Arts Theatre); Mum in New Kid (Arts Theatre); Samantha in Invisible Kids (Arts Theatre); Mrs Elvestead in Hedda Gabler (Upstream Theatre); Katin in Mother Courage (Theatre Space); Perdita in The Winter’s Tale (Upstream Theatre); Madame Wong in Plenty (Bristol Old Vic); Nerves in Animal (Edinburgh Festival and Tour); Naseem in Prejudice (Sheffield Crucible/Old Red Lion); Najendra in Sisters (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Carte Blanche (Phoenix Theatre London); Pilgrim (Edinburgh Festival).

Film credits include: We Can Be Heroes (Heroes Production); The Cut (Bombero International); City of Joy (Lightmovie); A Dry White Season (Euzhan Palcy).

Television credits include: Akhila Majeed in Doctors (BBC); Rainbow in 'Goldie's Oldies' (Nickelodeon); Margaret 'Maggs' Green in Holby City (BBC); Alison Limb in Doctors (BBC); Mrs Bhatia in Coronation Street (Granada); Newsagent in Not Going Out (BBC TV); Alice in Casualty (BBC TV); Bena Patel in Casualty (BBC TV); Dr Patel in Coronation Street (Granada); Mrs Rupani in Ideal (BBC TV); Hamiton QC in The Debt (BBC TV); Indra Madhu in Eastenders (BBC TV); Rosa in The Secret Slave (BBC TV); Shaheen in Pork Pie (Channel 4); Restaurant Manager in Dangerfield (BBC TV); Lab Technician in Inspector Morse (ITV); Anne Morris in Children’s Ward (Granada); Divorce Lawyer in Love Hurts (Alamo); Mother in Holby City (BBC TV); Katie the Lawyer in Amongst Barbarians (BBC TV); The Doctor in Only Fools and Horses (BBC TV); The Bill (Thames); Cats Eyes (TVS); Mira in Jewel in the Crown (Granada); Mrs Hasan in Tenko (BBC TV); Indira Patel in Agony (LWT); Presenter in Black and White and Read All Over (Channel 4); Reporter in Dream Stuffing (Channel 4); The Mother in An Arranged Marriage (Central); Presenter in Theatre Box (Thames); Dr Powell in Angels (BBC TV); Kay in Love on a Gunboat (BBC TV).

Roddy Lynch (he/him) — Don

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Roddy trained at Rose Bruford College on the BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship course, graduating in 2019.

Theatre credits include: What the Ladybird Heard (The Palace Theatre, West End); A Christmas Carol (The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath); Romeo & Juliet (Box Clever Theatre, UK Tour); Urinetown and American Idiot (Old Joint Stock Theatre); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Garden Shakespeare Company).

Roddy would like to thank his family, friends and his girlfriend for their unflagging love and support!

For more information, please visit www.accessuk.agency .

George Lynham (he/she/they) — Angel

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Training: Emil Dale Academy with a BA (Hons) Degree in Musical Theatre.

Credits: Dancer for Heart FM Brighton Pride 2019. 

Credits whilst training: Freddy Benson in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Emil Dale Academy), Dance Captain and Cortina Man in Made In Dagenham (Emil Dale Academy).

After graduating earlier this year, Kinky Boots is George’s professional stage debut. They are very appreciative of being given the opportunity to work on such an iconic piece of queer theatre and would like to thank their friends, family and agent for their constant support.

Cavan Malone (they/them) — Angel

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Training: The Urdang Academy with a BA (Hons) Degree in Dance and Musical Theatre.

Credits include:   Co-Lead in Time Machine by Autoheart (Music Video); Dancer for The Theatre Channel ; Dancer for  BRIT Awards 2019.

Commercials include: OKX What is OKX?; Marie Curie Life’s Questions .

Workshops include: Tinker Bell the Musical ; Generations the Musical .

Credits whilst training include: Addams Family the Musical (Urdang Academy); Mr. Parchester in Me and My Girl (Urdang Academy).

Kinky Boots  marks their professional stage debut and they would like to thank their family for their ongoing support and shed light on the community who fought before them for a show like this to be enjoyed.

Tim Parker (he/him) — Mr Price

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Tim is an Actor, Musician and Creative with credits in the West End, UK and internationally. He trained at The Guildford School of Acting and Studio 68.

Memorable Moments include:

Jim Cartwright creating the character for Manolito for me in the Westend revival of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice at the Vauldaville Theatre, playing drums on Top Of The Pops, and working with Alice Krige on Waking The Dead for the BBC.

Theatre includes:

Kris Kringle in A Miracle On 34th Street (Liverpool Everyman); Bread The Musical (Uk Workshop); The Bodyguard (China Tour); Groundhog Day (UK Workshop); Once (West End); The Last Ship (New Theatre); Edward II (The Rose); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (West End); The Lord of the Rings (West End); Billy Elliot (West End); Nine (West End); Jailhouse Rock (West End); Stomp (World Tour); Rain Dogs (West End); Buddy (West End, UK and European Tour); Return to the Forbidden Planet (UK and European Tour); Patsy Cline (UK Tour); Ferry Cross the Mersey (UK Tour); Heart and Soul (Chester Gateway).

Film and Television includes:

The Advisor - Wolfshead (Pilot), Dad - Blade of the Assassin (Feature), Greyhawk (Bold Turtle Films); Waking The Dead (BBC); Mankind - The Story of Us All (Nutopia); White Heat (BBC); Rehab (Recoil Films); The Tempest Project (Wunderpit); The Shroud of the Messiah (MTA International); Inside The Court of Henry VIII (The Ideas Room / PBS); Children In Need (ITV); Suede - Night Thoughts (Burning Reel); Goal 2 (Milkshake Films); Elvis Prestwick (37Films Ltd); Billy Vincent - St Catherine's Oratory (Myster General); Voices from The Air (National Geographic Channel); Bloody Tales of The Tower (National Geographic Channel); Top of The Pops (BBC); Blue Peter (BBC); X-Change (CBBC); Open Mic (Myster General); The Facility (Vertigo Films).

Voiceovers include:

Uncle - Alfa Romeo (TV Advert); The Wise Pixie - Save The Tree! (Feature Animation); Walla Artist - The Lady of Heaven (Feature); Lord Cardinal Hastus Arvannis (Recurring) - The Soujorn; Tesco, Network Rail; LP Jeans;

Transport for London, De Rijke, William Lawsons; The Shard; The Healing House; The Heart of Borneo Project; The Elvis Years; Country Boy.

Music and AV includes:

Producer - Homework (Radio Play); Producer - Marram Grass (Band); Producer - HangFire (Band); AV Producer - Someone Like You (UK Tour); AV Producer - The Elvis Years (UK and European Tour); AV Producer - The Simon and Garfunkel Story (UK and US Tour); AV Producer - An Evening with Aggers and Boycott (UK Tour); Drummer - Wrecking Ball; Drummer - Buddy Holly and The Cricketers; Drummer - The Blues Devils; Percussionist and Mandolin - SunDog Slide

Anna Soden (she/her) — Nicola

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Anna is Actor/Musician graduated from the BA in Acting at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Her theatre credits include: Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (China Plate, UK Tour); Sleeping Beauty (Liverpool Everyman); Return to Elm House (Battersea Arts Centre); Measure for Measure (Donmar Warehouse); Primary Playmaker (Oxford Playhouse); A Theory of Justice: The Musical (Arts Theatre West End); Heaven’s Gate (tour to Harrogate Theatre, Hull Truck, Harrogate Theatre, Sheffield Crucible); Nele Needs a Holiday (Theatre Royal Plymouth/Summerhall); Romeo and Juliet (Young Shakespeare Company); Rapunzel (The Theatre Chipping Norton) and The Travelling Pantomime (York Theatre Royal).

Workshops include: When You Look Straight Up (Middle Child); The Underdog (Stephen Joseph Theatre) and Murder at the Gates (James Bourne/Steven Sater).

On screen Anna has appeared in mockumentary Testing (Bad Taste Pictures) and has won The British Comedy Guide Sketch Competition.

In 2020, Anna set up her own theatre company, Strawberry Lion. She has since toured her adaptation of Five Children and It to The Sheffield Crucible, The Dukes, Stephen Joseph Theatre and Latitude Festival. This year she performed the show she wrote – ‘Mad For Our Daughters’ at MAST Studios and the Turbine Theatre.

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Lucy Elizabeth Thorburn (she/her) — Pat

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Training : London College of Music BA in Musical Theatre

Credits Include : Jekyll and Hyde (The National Theatre), Smoosh! (Paraorchestra), The Drowsy Chaperone (LCM) and Rent (Blue Box Theatre)

Lucy is so thrilled to be playing Pat and thanks her family, partner and agent for their continued support.

Hiromi Toyooka (she/her) — Angel

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Training: London Studio Centre

Theatre includes: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Bristol Hippodrome), Aladdin (Milton Keynes Theatre)

Tim Jackson (he/him) — Director

Amanda stoodley (she/her) — set & costume designer, charlie ingles (he/him) — musical supervisor orchestrations, crystal hantig (she/her) — choreographer, jamie platt (he/him) — lighting designer.

Jamie trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama where he graduated with a First Class honours degree specialising in lighting design. In 2013 Jamie was awarded the Association of Lighting Designers’ ETC Award and the Philip & Christine Carne Prize from RWCMD. His theatre credits include: The Red Helicopter (Arcola Theatre), AnneX , QuiXote, Due Saponette Rosse di Tritolo, BURN (Fucecchio, Italy), MICROmegas (Riverside Studios), Arthur’s Quest (Venue 45, Edinburgh), The Children’s Hour, Earthquakes in London, Arabian Nights (Bute Theatre, Cardiff), Once a Catholic, The Merchant of Venice (Richard Burton Theatre, Cardiff), Merrily He Rolls Along, Honk!, Footloose (Epsom Playhouse). As Assistant Lighting Designer Jamie has worked on BLAM! (for Lee Curran), Don Giovanni, Oedipus Retold, The Biograph Girl, Salad Days (for Rob Mills), Showtime (for Liam Fahey), A Man of No Importance (for Douglas Green).

Tony Gayle (he/him) — Sound Designer

Daniel denton (he/him) — video designer, john mannion — costume supervisor, molly wilsher (she/her) — assistant director.

  • Listen to the Audio Described flyer for the show here.
  • Watch the British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted flyer here.
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Performance Gallery

Mr Price Senior and a group of workers stand around a workbench in a factory, young Charlie sitting on the top of the bench. They are lit from above by a blue light.

Reviews of Kinky Boots

What the public say.

Absolutely phenomenal! During this whole performance I was in THE happy place! Incredible production Emily
Wow what a treat! Absolutely loved Kinky Boots. So much energy and obviously hard work has gone in to this show. We left the theatre with big smiles on our faces! 5 star! Donna Monk
Phenomenal show, fantastic vocals, acting and dancing from the beginning to the end. Thoroughly enjoyed the evening, one of the best shows I've seen in ages. Irene Wragg
Fantastic brilliant show from start to finish. Best show I have ever seen at The Wolsey. Thank you to everyone who made this possible. I will remember this show forever. Tracey Howes
Amazing show. If your not sure about it, just go! You won't be disappointed. Caroline
Absolutely Brilliant, we loved every second. Amazing vocals, musicianship, and acting. Incredibly moving storyline, Charlie and Lola are exceptional. Loved it so much have booked to see a second time whilst it’s still in Ipswich. Kate
Glorious production! The cast are all incredible. Love everything about this feel good show Jo
What a show. Extremely good, very enthusiastic cast, would definitely go again. Zsa-Zsa Sparrow
An absolutely amazing show. Passionate and enthusiastic performances by the whole cast. Lifted my spirit. Loved it so much seen two times already and contemplating booking again. Deborah
Just wow, so uplifting, book to see it now!!! Carol
Absolutely fabulous! Jo
One of the best shows I’ve seen in Ipswich. Surely destined for a long run and the West End? Baz
Fantastic, entertaining, involving, light hearted,glamorous clothing a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. Clapping, shouting and dancing at the end and that was us in the audience. Angela Dodds
Absolutely brilliant, loved it. Highly recommend. Joan Woodward
One of the best shows ever here!! Great musical numbers, amazing voices and very funny!! And legs to die for!! Tracey
Absolutely amazing!! Loved every minute. Every character portrayed beautifully. Lola, Charlie and Lauren exceptional. The Angels just stunning!! A well deserved standing ovation and want to see it again!! Jean Downes
OMG saw this in London and have been waiting for it too tour....love live love it as met the real owner of the kinky boot factory years ago and it's a brilliant laugh out our story Joyce Moore

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About this show.

This joy-filled sensation, based on a true story and hit movie, features Tony® and Grammy® winning music and lyrics by pop icon  Cyndi Lauper , a hilarious and life-affirming book by Tony Award winner  Harvey Fierstein  and is directed by  Nikolai Foster  ( Grease  and  An Officer and a Gentleman ).

After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price.

That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.

Guaranteed to RAISE YOU UP and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss Kinky Boots the Musical.

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Cast announced for first UK revival of Kinky Boots the musical

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Casting has been announced for the first UK revival of Kinky Boots the musical at New Wolsey Ipswich and Queens Theatre Hornchurch.

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The New Wolsey Theatre Ipswich and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch have today announced the full cast and creative team for the first UK revival and regional premiere of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical  Kinky Boots . The production will also mark 10 years since the musical’s debut at Chicago’s Bank of America Theatre in 2012.

The new production, which will be directed by Tim Jackson, will run at New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich from 1 – 24 September and Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch from 28 September – 22 October 2022.

Based on the Miramax motion picture, the musical adaptation of Kinky Boots features a Tony-Award nominated book by Harvey Fierstein and Tony and Grammy award-winning music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper.

Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited a struggling shoe business from his ‎dad, which he’s desperate to save. He unexpectedly bumps into a larger-than-life drag queen Lola, who’s looking for some sturdy stilettos. They think they’ve nothing in common, but as the unlikely pair ruffle a few feathers, designing some fabulous footwear for the factory floor, perhaps they do…

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The new production sees Tim Jackson reunite with the two theatres, having previously choregraphed their celebrated revival of  Made in Dagenham . Tim Jackson has also previously worked with the New Wolsey Theatre as director and dramaturg of The Stage Debut Award-winning co-production of  The Season  (Royal and Derngate, New Wolsey).

The full Kinky Boots cast announced today are: Jay Anderson (he/him) as Angel, Will Arundell (he/him, Queen of the Mist ) as Harry/Bailey/Onstage Musical Director, Matt Corner (he/him, The Last Ship ) as Charlie, Aruhan Galieva (she/her, Doctor Who ) as Lauren, Keanu Adolphus Johnson (he/him, Never Lost At Home ) as Lola, Josephine Lloyd-Welcome (she/her, Goldie’s Oldies ) as Georgie, George Lynham (he/she/they) as Angel, Roddy Lynch (he/him) as Don, Cavan Malone (they/them) as Angel, Tim Parker (he/him, Once ) as Mr Price, Anna Soden (she/her, Five Children And It ) as Nicola, Lucy Elizabeth Thorburn (she/her) as Pat and Hiromi Toyooka (she/her) as Angel. Casting for Young Lola and Young Charlie will be announced at a later date.

The full creative team for Kinky Boots are: Daniel Denton (he/him, Misty ) as Video Designer, Tony Gayle (he/him, Get Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley Musical ) as Sound Designer, Crystal Hantig (she/her) as Choreographer, Charlie Ingles (he/him, Anyone Can Whistle ) as Musical Supervisor & Arranger, Tim Jackson (he/him, The Season ) as Director, Jamie Platt (he/him, The Last Five Years ) as Lighting Designer, Amanda Stoodley (she/her, Bloody Elle ) as Set & Costume Designer and Molly Wilsher (she/her) as Assistant Director.

Tim Jackson said of the new production, “I am thrilled to be collaborating with this incredible bunch of super-humans, within the acting company and the creative team alike. The casting process has been a real joy – we’ve met such talented folk and roared with laughter every day. Person after person has shared in their connection to the show and its wonderful characters, and I am thrilled to have found an ensemble of exceptional performers who all lead with kindness and heart. Each actor is bringing something special and individual to our rehearsal room, and there is a powerful collective desire to make this new production a beautiful celebration of self-love, individuality and acceptance. With a cast of 13, we can revel in the intimacy of the 2005 film on which the musical is based, and allow our audiences to feel part of the factory community. And when we need to let rip, we’ve got a company that can bring a spectacular, explosive, contemporary energy. Audiences should expect stellar actor-musicianship, killer vocals and dazzling, high-octane (high-heeled!) dancing, all packaged within a funny, empowering, heartwarming story.”

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Matt Buttell / 10 July 2018

Cast announced for Kinky Boots UK tour

The hit West End musical embarks on its first UK tour this September.

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Winner of every major Best Musical award, Kinky Boots has been a smash hit since it opened in 2013. Now, as the show gears up for a brand new UK tour from September, it announces its brand new cast.

Joining the tour will be Callum Francis as Lola – who recently played the same role in the Australian tour of the show – he’ll be appearing as the fierce performer until 15 December 2018, when Kayi Ushe takes over the role.

Paula Lane, best known for her role as Kylie Platt in ITV’s Coronation Street , will play Lauren, while Joel Harper-Jackson – whose theatre credits include the UK tour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Jesus Christ Superstar at Regents Park Open Air Theatre – will play Charlie.

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Also joining the cast are Demitri Lampra (Don), Adam Price (George), Helen Ternent (Nicola) who will be accompanied by Charlie Allen, Nicola Avino, Lizzie Bea, Joshua St Clair, Connor Collins, Daniel Conway, Shaun Dalton, John Dempsey, Niki Evans, Mary Fox, Scarlet Gabriel, Damon Gould, George Grayson, Portia Harry, Joshua Lovell, Jacob McIntosh, Chileshe Mondelle, Alfie Parker, Fred Smiley, Toyan Thomas-Browne, Andy Watkins and Jason Winter.

Inspired by true events, Kinky Boots takes you from a gentlemen’s shoe factory in Northampton to the glamorous catwalks of Milan. Charlie Price is struggling to live up to his father’s expectations and continue the family business of Price & Son. With the factory’s future hanging in the balance, help arrives in the unlikely but spectacular form of Lola, a fabulous performer in need of some sturdy new stilettos.

With direction and choreography by two-time Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell ( Legally Blonde , Hairspray ), Kinky Boots is the winner of every major Best Musical award including three Olivier Awards, three WhatsOnStage Awards as well as six Broadway Tony Awards.

The UK tour opens at Royal & Derngate in Northampton on 19 September 2018, returning to the home of this heart-warming British story. The full dates for the UK tour are below:

19 Sept – 6 Oct 2018 – Royal & Derngate, Northampton 16 – 27 Oct 2018 – Wolverhampton Grand Theatre 29 Oct – 10 Nov 2018 – Newcastle Theatre Royal 12 Nov – 1 Dec 2018 – Manchester Opera House 10 Dec 2018 – 5 Jan 2019 – Edinburgh Playhouse 14– 26 Jan 2019 – Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury 28 Jan – 9 Feb 2019 – Regent Theatre, Stoke-on Trent 11 – 16 Feb 2019 – Venue Cymru, Llandudno 18 – 23 Feb 2019 – New Theatre, Oxford 25 Feb – 9 Mar 2019 – Bristol Hippodrome 11 – 23 Mar 2019 – Birmingham Hippodrome 25 Mar – 6 Apr 2019 – Liverpool Empire 8 Apr – 20 April 2019 – Leeds Grand Theatre 23 Apr – 4 May 2019 – His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen 6 – 18 May 2019 – Kings Theatre, Glasgow 27 May – 8 Jun 2019 – Theatre Royal, Nottingham

Tickets for the Kinky Boots UK tour are on sale now. Get yours at Ticketmaster.co.uk . The West End production continues at London’s Adelphi Theatre until 12 January 2019.

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book by Harvey Fierstein , score by  Cyndi Lauper based on Miramax motion picture Kinky Boots   written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth.  

Kinky Boots  has inspired audiences across the globe, showing everyone we can change the world when we change our minds. This uplifting sensation features a Tony ®  and Grammy ® -winning score by  Cyndi Lauper , a book by Tony winner  Harvey Fierstein , and direction by Amber Sinclair-Case .

Filled with glitter, glam and a whole lot of sole,  Kinky Boots  is a reminder to celebrate your life triumphantly!

Age Guidance: 10+

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Harvey Fierstein

Harvey Fierstein is a four-time Tony Award-winning writer and actor. His Broadway writing credits include Kinky Boots, Torch Song Trilogy (Tony, Drama Desk, Dramatists Guild Awards), Casa Valentina, Safe Sex, Legs Diamond and A Catered Affair (12 Drama Desk nominations and the Drama League Award for Best Musical). His La Cage Aux Folles is the only show to ever win Best Musical and 2 Best Revival Tony Awards.

Other plays include Spookhouse , Forget Him and Flatbush Tosca . His teleplays include Tidy Endings for HBO (ACE Award), and On Common Ground for Showtime. His children’s HBO special, The Sissy Duckling , won the Humanitas Prize and the book version is in its eighth printing.

Other honors include the Drama League Award for Outstanding Performer of the Year, a special OBIE award, NY Magazine Award, and nominations for The Olivier Award and an Emmy. His political writings have been seen on PBS’ series In The Life and published in The NY Times, Huffington Post and Hartford Courant. He was inducted into The Theater Hall of Fame in 2008.  

Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper is a Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning artist with over 30 sterling years and global record sales in excess of 50 million albums. With her first album, She’s So Unusual , Lauper won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist and became the first female in history to have four top-five singles from a debut album.

Since then, Lauper has released ten additional studio albums, been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and celebrated as a New York Times best-selling author. Overall, during her storied music career, Lauper has been nominated for 15 Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, seven American Video Awards and 18 MTV Awards. In 2013, Cyndi Lauper became the first solo woman to win Best original score for her music and lyrics for Kinky Boots .

Never one to slow down, next she is currently writing the score for the Broadway adaptation of the 1988 feature film Working Girl , contributed a song to the score of the Broadway musical Spongebob Squarepants and launched her own fashion line A Touch of Cyn with Home Shopping Network.

Amber Sinclair-Case

Rachael ryan, sarah de tute, nicole bondzie, charly dunford, kate harvey, chloe vickers, julie gulie, jane anderson cdg, danny becker.

Training: ArtsEd, BA (Hons).  

Theatre Includes: Kristoff u/s in  Frozen  (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Standby Liam & Jonah in  Bad Jews  play (Arts Theatre); Jamie in  The Last 5 Years  livestreamed (The Other Palace); Moses & Aaron u/s in the original West End cast of  The Prince Of Egypt  (Dominion Theatre); Aladdin u/s in  Disney’s Aladdin  (Prince Edward Theatre); Fabrizio Naccarelli u/s in  The Light In The Piazza  (Royal Festival Hall & The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles); Ralph Rackstraw in the all-male  HMS Pinafore  (UK Tour); Don Lockwood in  Singin’ In The Rain  (Gaiety Theatre) ;   Follies  (Royal Albert Hall);  The Who’s Tommy  (Greenwich Theatre);  The Twelve Tenors  (Asian Tour & Monte-Carlo);  The Music Of James Bond Concerts by Candlelight  (UK Tour); Artaban in  Artaban The Musical  (The Actors’ Church); Niki in  Out Of This World  (Ye Olde Rose & Crown);  The Little Mermaid  and Beast in  Beauty and the Beast  (Harlow Playhouse).  

Television & Film includes:  The Prince of Egypt ,  All Star Musicals, Dancing On Ice, Olivier Awards  and  Justice for a Murdered Son  (ITV);  Rocketman  and  The Theory of Everything  (feature film).  

  Other work Includes: Grammy nominated cast album for  The Prince of Egypt ; Papi in  The Bands Visit  workshop (Donmar Warehouse); Yitzy in  Shiva at Wits End Play  (rehearsed reading for King Alfred Phoenix Theatre); Soloist on  BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night Is Music Night  (Mermaid Theatre);  The Theatre Channel  episodes 6-8 (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre & Park Theatre ) and Soloist in  Roles We’ll Never Play  (Lyric Theatre & Vaudeville Theatre).  

Gareth Cassidy

Theatre Credits Include: Ladies Down Under, The Card, Treasure Island, Astley’s Astounding Adventures, The Prince And The Pauper and The 39 Steps (New Vic Theatre), Ladies Day (New Vic/Bolton Octagon), Marvellous (New Vic/@Sohoplace), The Hobbit, Beaut y and The Beast, Hansel & Gretel, The Life and Times Of Mitchell And Kenyon, A Christmas Carol, Pierre Point – A Hangman’s Tale, Peter Pan And Treasure Island (Dukes Lancaster), Spring and Port Wine (Oldham Coliseum), Cinderella (Lbt Huddersfield), Beauty And The Beast, Tis Pity She’s A Whore, Vincent In Brixton And She Stoops To Conquer (Keswick Theatre By The Lake), Little Shop Of Horrors (Salisbury Playhouse), Heidi, We Are Three Sisters (Northern Broadsides), Crying In The Chapel (Contact Theatre Manchester), I n The Picture (M6 Theatre), Hard Times (Library Theatre Manchester), Around The World In 80 Days (Chipping Norton Theatre & Tour), Exchange Your Talent (Royal Exchange), The Wild Adventures Of Robin Hood (Sticks Theatre), Hamlet, The Merchant Of Venice (Demi Paradise Theatre At Lancaster Castle), Pinocchio (Oldham Children’s Theatre) Cell (24/7 And Re:Play Festivals).  

His TV credits include: Brassic (Sky), South Riding (BBC), The Great Train Robbery (World Productions), Curfew (Tiger Aspect for Sky) and Elton John in Ten Days That Rocked Elton (ITV for Channel 5).  

Gareth has extensive Radio and Audiobook credits including: Keep The Home Fires Burning , Is There Honey Still For Tea (BBC Radio 4) and he is the voice of all the Meerkat Madness Audio Books.  

Phil Corbitt

Phil is happy to be back at Storyhouse having toured here in Calendar Girls The Musical.  

He has been a jobbing actor and theatre musician since 1988, both at home and internationally and has played most of the theatres in the UK.  

Tours include: Mamma Mia , (UK and International), Hamlet , The Tempest (also China), The Canterbury Tales, Wars Of The Roses and The Bells (Northern Broadsides), Round And Round The Garden (Malaysia), The Murder Of Sherlock Holmes (Europe), A Streetcar Named Desire (Europe, Hong Kong, Japan ), Much Ado About Nothing (UK), Electric Lipstick (UK), Return To The Forbidden Planet (UK and West End), Twelfth Night (UK) and The Secret Agent for which he also composed the music (UK).

Seasons at: Northern Stage, Live Theatre Newcastle, Bolton Octagon, Oldham Coliseum, Haymarket Basingstoke, Queen’s Hornchurch, Stephen Joseph Scarborough, Theatre by the Lake, Bristol Old Vic, New Vic Stoke, Harrogate Theatre, Customs House, Tyne Theatre, Theatre Royal Newcastle, Royal Court Liverpool, Contact Manchester and Theatre Royal Stratford East.  

Shows: Manifesto For A New City, Geordie The Musical (Twice), Rendezvous, Tyne (Twice), Alan Plater’s Last Play Looking For Buddy, Close The Coalhouse Door, Brassed Off (Twice), Wake Up Little Suzie, Good Golly Miss Molly (Twice), Chris Monks’ Carmen And Don Giovanni, Eight Miles High, The Firework Maker’s Daughter, The Hired Man, Speed-The-Plow, The Good Companions, Bouncers, Hamlet, From A Jack To A King, The Norman Conquests, Tears Of A Clown, Macbeth, Return To The Forbidden Planet, A Family Affair, Leonardo’s Last Supper , An Enemy Of The People (West End) and World Story Time .

Twenty Pantomimes including three of the Liverpool Everyman’s Rock n Roll pantos.  

TV : Undercover, Creeped Out, Inspector George Gently, All At Sea, Vera , Emmerdale (8 Times), Waterloo Road , Coronation Street (Twice), Doctorsshameless, The Royal, The Royal Today , Dalziel And Pascoe , Mobile , Harry and The Cinder Path  

Film: Peterloo, Bliss and Almost Married  

Rachael Garnett

Lynwen haf roberts.

Originally from Montgomeryshire, Mid Wales, Lynwen graduated with a BA in Performing Arts from the University of Trinity St. David, Carmarthen in 2010.

Theatre credits include:  Peter Pan  (Sherman Theatre);  Vernon’s Girls  (Liverpool Royal Court);  Robin Hood, Beauty and the Beast, The Panto That Nearly Never Was, Jack and the Beanstalk, Dick Whittington, Sleeping Beauty  (Theatr Clwyd);  Cranogwen  (Mewn Cymeriad);  Lloergan  (Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru);  Summer Holiday, Blonde Bombshells of 1943, The Crucible  (Pitlochry Festival Theatre);  A Berlin Kabaret  (Sphinx Theatre);  Clera, Cysgu’n Brysur, Lleuad yn Olau  (Arad Goch);  Hawl /Right, Fala Surion  (Fran Wen);  Arandora Star  (Theatr na nÓg);  Deffro’r Gwanwyn, Iesu!  (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru).

Television credits include:  Pobol y Cwm  (BBC Cymru Wales);  R’un Sbit  (Cwmni Da);  Rownd a Rownd  (Rondo Media).

Radio Credits include:  The News From Nowhere  (BBC Radio 4);  Rhosod  (BBC Radio Cymru).

Lynwen also regularly works as a Composer and Musical Director. Lynwen most recently served as Musical Director and Composer on  Hansel and Gretel  for Sherman Theatre, having previously served as Musical Director and Composer on the premiere production of  Golygfeydd o’r Pla Du (Scenes from the Black Death)  for Theatrau Sir Gâr at the start of 2023. Her other composing credits include  Celebrated Virgins  (Theatr Clwyd) , Rhyfeloedd y ‘Rona/The Corona Wars  (Leeway Academy/Leeway Productions)   as well as the Christmas Charity single  Santa’s Caravan  to raise funds for North Wales Superkids.

Kaitlin Howard - Kinky Boots

This is Kaitlin’s first appearance at Storyhouse.

Theatre credits include: The Nutcracker: A Christmas Fairytale (New Vic Theatre); D’Eon (The Straight Acting Theatre Company); Treasure Island (Birmingham Rep); The Alphabet Girl, Katie Crowder and BARE (Moxie Under Fire); Encore, The Advent Plays, Mother Goose and Aladdin (Oldham Coliseum); Peter Pan (First Family Entertainment); Macbeth (The Epstein, Liverpool); The Thankful Village, Lights Out, Land Girls!, The Carlton Colliers and Eddie and The Gold Tops ( Badapple Theatre); King Lear and The Newark Passion (2B Theatre); Richard III, Much Ado About Nothing and Les Mis – Le Panto! ( Oddsocks Productions); The Tempest (Arty-Fact Theatre); This Starving Life (Company Gavin Robertson); The Three Penny Opera, Our Country’s Good and Fear and Misery of The Third Reich (Scene Productions); The Merry Wives of Windsor, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Comedy of Errors and Hamlet (The Cambridge Shakespeare Festival); Beauty and The Beast, The Wind in The Willows and No Man’s Land ( Ribcaged Productions).

Film and Television credits include: Hollyoaks (Channel 4/Lime Pictures); Scott and Bailey (ITV); Crimewatch (BBC); Clouds (V-PAC Productions); Chronicles of Syntax ( iDare Productions); Born of Hope (Actors at Work).

Radio and Audio credits include: Just the Place for a Snark and Old Hobb’s Xmas Adventure ( Theatrephonic Productions); Echoes From One to Another (Helix Branch Studios). Kaitlin trained at The Bridge Theatre Training Company.

James trained at Guildford School of Acting

Theatre Credits Include: Housemates, Hansel & Gretel,  Tales Of The Brother’s Grimm, A Christmas Carol and Alice In Wonderland For Sherman Theatre, Petula For National Theatre Wales/Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, It’s A Wonderful Life and On Scarborough Front for Lighthouse Theatre , A Good Clean Heart for The Other Room.

Television Credits Include: Casualty ( BBC)

Sebastian Lim-Seet

  Sebastian Lim-Seet is a Malaysian-Scottish actor, singer and musician from Glasgow. After leaving the University of Aberdeen with a BMus with First Class Hons, Sebastian wanted to pursue a career in acting and trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Sebastian is really thrilled to be part of this new take of Kinky Boots and is also excited to be exploring Chester and its Roman Walls.  

Theatre Credits: The Snow Queen (Edinburgh Royal Lyceum), Scots (54 Below, New York/Edinburgh Fringe), Cinderella (Dundee Rep and Dance Theatre)  

Film/TV Credits include: Dog Squad (CBeebies)  

Credits whilst training include: Adam in Children of Eden , John Brooke in Little Women , Bobby in Company  

James Lowrie

Training: Guildford School of Acting (BA Hons in Musical Theatre) and The Dance School of Scotland.

Theatre credits: Magnificent Seven in Snow White And The Magnificent Seven (Darlington Hippodrome); Dancer/Dance Captain in The Dolls Back Wi’ A Bang (Scottish Tour); Jack In Grindr: The Opera (The Union Theatre); Denym/Cover Tink in Bat Out Of Hell The Musical (West End) ; Denym/Cover Tink in Bat Out Hell The Musical (UK & International Tour); Vocalist in  The Show Must Go On! Live  (Palace Theatre); Lumiukko In Frostbite- Who Pinched My Muff? (Garden Theatre); Dwarf/Dance Captain In Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs (Sec Armadillo); Boy in Butterfly Kiss (Òran Mór) and Ensemble in Hansel And Gretel (Scottish Opera).

Workshops: Spencer in A Second Chance . A new British musical.

Duane-Lamonte O'Garro

Duane-Lamonte O’Garro has earned accolades for his outstanding talents as a singer, actor, songwriter, choreographer, and entrepreneur, notably as the creator and owner of his self-developed live show band, After Dark Live . His multifaceted achievements are a testament to his self-discipline, dedication, determination, and unwavering commitment to overcoming challenges.  

Acting and performing have always been Duane-Lamonte’s passions, leading him to notable opportunities such as roles in TV series Grange Hill , The Bill , and Stars in Their Eyes . In the West End, he has graced the stage as a main character in musicals like Daddy Cool and Dancing in the Streets , where he portrayed the iconic Mr. Stevie Wonder.  

While a contestant on Pop Idol in 2002, Duane-Lamonte withdrew from the competition due to a compelling opportunity to play a lead role in the musical Our Day Out by Willy Russell, which premiered in Virginia Washington. This decision left a lasting impression on Simon, as evidenced by his recognition when Duane-Lamonte auditioned for X Factor in 2008 and successfully reached the Judges’ Houses in X Factor 2009 with Cheryl Cole.  

His notable achievements also include appearances on ITV’s Dance Dance Dance as a contestant alongside Jess Wright, performances in Motown The Musical , and roles in The Lion King at Disneyland Paris and subsequently in the West End.  

In 2023, Duane-Lamonte took centre stage as the lead singer on the Freedom Unleashed Tour alongside Strictly Come Dancing ‘s beloved Johannes Radebe, marking another milestone in his illustrious career.  

  Furthermore, I am thrilled to share that Duane-Lamonte is set to take on the leading role of Lola/Simon in the upcoming production of Kinky Boots at The Storyhouse this May 2024.

His excitement for this opportunity underscores his continuous dedication to delivering captivating performances and further solidifies his presence in the world of theatre.  

Roddy Lynch

Roddy trained at Rose Bruford College on the BA (Hons) Actor Musicianship course, graduating in 2019.

Theatre credits include: Romeo and Juliet (Victoria Theatre Singapore / Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts), Upstart! Shakespeare’s Rebel Daughter Judith (Edinburgh Fringe / Gilded Balloon Patter Hoose), Rapunzel (Watermill Theatre), Kinky Boots (New Wolsey Theatre & Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), What the Ladybird Heard (The Palace Theatre, West End), A Christmas Carol (Box Clever UK Tour / The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath), Urinetown and American Idiot (Old Joint Stock Theatre) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Garden Shakespeare Company).

Remi Martin

Seren sandham-davies.

Seren trained at Laine Theatre Arts, graduating as head girl. Other training includes NYT, NYMT and The Whitton Morris school of dance (Holywell).  

Theatre credits include: Cynthia Weil in Beautiful: the Carole King Musical (UK Tour); Gloria in Brassed Off (Derby Theatre and Aberystwyth Arts Centre); Agnes in Gypsy (The Mill, Sonning);  Patsy/ 1st cover Polly in Crazy for You (UK Tour and The Watermill Theatre); Zorro: The Musical (Hope Mill Theatre); Beauty and The Beast (Theatr Clwyd); Aladdin  (Stafford Gatehouse); West Side Story (Victoria Warehouse); The Same Sky (Derby Guildhall); Rock Around The Clock (UK and international tour).  

TV credits include: The Great : Season 1 (Hulu).   

Thomas Sankey

Leah vessall.

Leah trained at Arts Educational Schools London, graduating in 2022.

Her theatre credits include: Amelia Earhart/Mary Seacole/Rosa Parks in  Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World  (UK Tour), Alternate Seymour/Parr in  SIX the Musical  (Vaudeville Theatre), Consuelo in  West Side Story  (Krizanke Theatre, Ljubjuana).

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Producers ROYO and Curve are delighted to announce a brand-new Made at Curve production of the Olivier, Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical KINKY BOOTS The Musical, which will tour the UK and Ireland from 17 January 2025.

KINKY BOOTS The Musical

KINKY BOOTS The Musical was a Broadway and West End phenomenon based on a true story and movie of the same name released in 2005. After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving to be very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.

Guaranteed to RAISE YOU UP and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss KINKY BOOTS on tour commencing January 2025!

Cyndi Lauper said “ Kinky Boots is one of the things I’m proudest of in my career, and I’m so excited that audiences will get to see it again, in a new production. It’s like a happy pill – and we could all use some of that right now! I can’t think of a better time or place to relaunch this special show in its place of origin. ”

Harvey Fierstein added “ An all new production is a thrilling event in the life of a well-loved show. And to have that rebirth occur in the place of its origin makes it all a billion times more exciting. I can’t wait to welcome KINKY BOOTS home. ”

Curve’s Chief Executive Chris Stafford and Artistic Director Nikolai Foster added: “ We all know Johannes for his extraordinary artistry on the dance floor, but seeing him inhabit the astonishing world of Lola in Harvey Fierstein and Cyndi Lauper’s proud, punchy and passionate KINKY BOOTS has been an electrifying and profoundly moving experience.

“Johannes is joined by Curve regular, the magnificent Dan Partridge, as Charlie Price and a world class creative team, led by designer Robert Jones and choreographer Leah Hill.

“We are beyond thrilled to have the opportunity to create a brand-new KINKY BOOTS at Curve, alongside our terrific co-producers at ROYO, returning the story to its native Midlands and manufacturing heartland of Leicester, where our theatre proudly stands today. This is a story of British industrial heritage, told through Fierstein’s fiercely intelligent words, and Lauper’s explosive songs, in a truly joyful musical about overcoming adversity, celebrating individuality, the power of a good pair of heels and community spirit.

“We can’t wait to share this explosion of joy with audiences next year. ”

Born in the township Zamdela Sasolburg, South Africa, Johannes Radebe started dancing when he was seven. At the age of 21, Johannes left South Africa to work on the internationally renowned Italian cruise liner Costa and in 2018, he was invited to join the debut season of the international hit show, Dancing With The Stars, in South Africa.

Johannes toured the world in the international dance show Burn The Floor before being headhunted by Strictly Come Dancing. He moved to the UK to dance on the flagship BBC show. In his second series, he was partnered with Catherine Tyldesley and danced the first same-sex routine with fellow Strictly star Graziano Di Prima. In 2020 he danced with actress Caroline Quentin and in 2021, he and his celebrity partner, John Waite, made history by being the first all-male partnership to compete on the show. The pair made it to the final and recently won the British LGBT Award for Media Moment of the Year. In 2022, he was partnered with comedian and actress Ellie Taylor, and made it to the semi-finals in the sixth series with partner Annabel Croft in 2023.

2022 saw his film choreography debut with the feature Pretty Red Dress (Teng Teng Films, in collaboration with the BFI, BBC Film, and the Sundance Institute) which premiered at London Film Festival. In 2023, he also was asked to be a Co-Producer on the Olivier nominated A Strange Loop at The Barbican.

His first book Jojo: Finally Home was published on 7 September 2023 and became a Sunday Times best-seller. It was recently announced that South African film company Arrested Industries run by Anthony Kimble, and Oscar nominated Helena Spring Films, have optioned Jojo: Finally Home for a film, with further details to come.

His debut solo UK tour Freedom and follow up show Freedom Unleashed sold out across the UK including a week in London’s West End at the Peacock Theatre. He is currently on tour with this third show: House of Jojo, which includes performances at the London Palladium.

Johannes was invited to Buckingham Palace to give the keynote speech for The Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, to award the Gold Award winners for the first time since the pandemic. He returned to the Palace after a personal invitation from King Charles III and The Queen Consort to The State Banquet for The President of South Africa – a true honour for a boy from Zamdela. In 2024, he lead a dance workshop at Buckingham Palace for volunteers from The Royal Voluntary Service which was attended by Queen Camilla. Johannes presented her majesty with a pair of tap shoes.

Dan Partridge has an extensive list of theatre credits including Magaldi in Evita (Curve, Leicester), Danny Zuko in Grease (Dominion Theatre, West End, Curve & National Tour), Rum Tum Tugger in CATS (European Tour & South Korea Tour), Link Larkin in Hairspray (UK Tour) and Pepper in MAMMA MIA! (West End).

His TV and Film credits include: Randolph Scott in Archie, the story of Cary Grant’s life for ITV, Jamie Wells in Casualty (BBC) and Jez Gordon in Doctors (BBC).

Dan also won Best Actor at the ‘This Is England’ Film Festival in Rouen, France for his work on the short film ÉTÉ directed by Gregory Oke.

KINKY BOOTS is directed by Nikolai Foster with choreography by Leah Hill, set and costume design by Robert Jones, lighting design by Ben Cracknell, sound design by Adam Fisher and casting by Harry Blumenau CDG CDA.

KINKY BOOTS is produced by ROYO and CURVE.

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2025 TOUR SCHEDULE

17 – 25 January Leicester Curve 0116 242 3595 www.curveonline.co.uk

28 January – 1 February Woking New Victoria Theatre

4 – 8 February Manchester Palace Theatre

11 – 15 February Glasgow King’s Theatre

18 – 22 February Edinburgh Playhouse

25 February -1 March Truro Hall for Cornwall 01872 262 466 www.hallforcornwall.co.uk

4 – 8 March Norwich Theatre Royal 01603 630 000 www.norwichtheatre.org

11 – 15 March Milton Keynes Theatre

18 – 22 March Cardiff Wales Millennium Centre www.wmc.org.uk

25 – 29 March Brighton Theatre Royal **

15 – 19 April Birmingham Hippodrome 0844 338 5000 www.birminghamhippodrome.com

22 – 26 April Plymouth Theatre Royal 01752 267222 www.theatreroyal.com

29 April – 3 May Stockton Globe www.stocktonglobe.co.uk

6 – 10 May Newcastle Theatre Royal 0191 232 7010 www.theatreroyal.co.uk

13 – 17 May Bristol Hippodrome

20 – 24 May Leeds Grand Theatre 0113 243 0808 www.leedsheritagetheatres.com

27 – 31 May Southampton Mayflower Theatre 02380 711 811 www.mayflower.org.uk

3 – 7 June Southend Cliffs Pavilion 0343 310 0030 www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk

10 – 14 June Canterbury Marlowe Theatre 01227 787787 www.marlowetheatre.com

17 – 21 June Belfast Grand Opera House www.goh.co.uk

24 – 28 June Sheffield Lyceum Theatre 0114 249 6000 www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk 1- 5 July Nottingham Theatre Royal 0115 989 5555 www.trch.co.uk

8 – 12 July Liverpool Empire Theatre

15 – 19 July Dublin Bord Gais Energy Theatre 0818719377 (ROI) bordgaisenergytheatre.ie 08442485101 (UK)

22 – 26 July Oxford New Theatre **

Please note, that Johannes Radebe will not be performing at every performance on the tour. Patrons are advised to check the website for his performance dates and further information. ** Johannes Radebe will not be appearing in this venue.

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After inheriting his family’s failing shoe factory and with a relationship on the rocks, life is proving very challenging for Charlie Price. That is until he meets Lola, a drag queen whose sparkle and unsteady heels might just hold the answer to saving the struggling business.

Guaranteed to raise you up and celebrate everybody’s individuality, don’t miss Kinky Boots .

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Returning to the West End for the first time since 2019, Kinky Boots is the exhilarating true story about a struggling shoe factory that will lift you higher than any platform boots!

Winner of six TONY awards and the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2016, Kinky Boots features a joyous score by Cyndi Lauper and a hilarious, uplifting book by Harvey Fierstein.

Charlie Price has reluctantly inherited his father’s shoe factory, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. Trying to live up to his father’s legacy and save his family business, Charlie finds inspiration in the form of the fabulous entertainer Lola, and together they work out what is best for both of them.

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